| Thursday, August 18, 2005 |
| Llegando a Canada |
| Hola amigos... aqui estoy en mi pais... o de pronto a decir mi segundo pais es mejor, porque en realidad yo siento como Colombia es con raises (roots??? no se si raises es la palabra que quiero...) en mi corazon. A mis amigos alla - les extrano muchisimo!!!!!! Yo llega en martes a las 9:30 en la noche... Tim me recogo del aeropuerto y fue muy muy muy muy chevere a verle despues casi 6 meses!!! Ahora yo siento como raro porque yo extrano Colombia mucho... mas yo pienso, yo extrano espanol, y mis amigos... yo llame mi casa anoche y hable con Lina por un poco tiempo y yo sentia muy contenta a hablar con ella - feliz es una palabra mejor! Dios, como siempre, es muy chevere conmigo y yo se que en estos meses voy a cresser muchisimo en mi camino con el... pero tambien, yo se que en estos meses voy a tener un tiempo dificil durante acustambrando a mi pais otra vez - especialmente despues viviendo en un pais como Colombia! Ah Dios Mio - ayudame en los momentos dificiles, bendiciles mis amigos y mi familia en Colombia... tu voluntad es que yo quiero para mi vida Dios y mi oracion es por mas de ti en mi corazon! Gracias Dios por mis amigos y las personas que tu utilizo en mi vida - a cambiarme, a amarme, a animarme... gracias Padre - tu eres mi Dios, y te amo... |
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| Monday, August 15, 2005 |
| August 15, 2005 |
| Today at 3:15 pm I am on my way home. Why on earth am I in Internet you might be asking? Seems like a weird thing to be doing on my last moments here yes? I know... however, I have developed this addiction you see... No. In reality, I came to say good-bye to my buddy the Internet guy - quite a nice guy - it's been cool chatting with him about differences between our countries, but I also came because I have to call the hotel in Miami to be sure that it's OK that I am arriving at like, midnight tonight & that I won't lose my reservation... how much would that suck eh? Suck. Anyway... I have had a good but hard couple days here - visiting as many friends as is humanly possible, running around like a maniac trying to buy everything in time - trying to fit everything into my bags,trying to take more pictures of Bogotà (I realized last week that I had like, 10 photos of Bogotà and they were all of Monterrate - and not that good either. )... you name it, I have been trying to do it... I have eaten my last chorizo, avoided my last piece of dog pooh, and today will say goodbye to the last of my buds... I hope to see you all in just 2 short days. |
| posted by Erica @ 9:32 a.m. |
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| Tuesday, August 09, 2005 |
| Exactly one Week... |
...from today and I will be in Saskatchewan. (6 days till the beaches of Miami woowoo baby). I am more and more excited about this everyday... There were a couple days here in this last week that the thought of leaving sent me into a panic attack, but I rested and worked on my "fresca" factor, and am now ready... My days in this week are going to be filled with visiting friends, finishing up buying gifts, and hopefully a day out at ECA to see the students I taught and say goodbye's to some of the staff that helped me through the roughness of my first month here. God has been so faithful in this time, and it is as I am preparing to leave and reading through my journal entries from the beginning that I truly see how He worked in me.
It is hard to say good-bye to people that came to mean a lot to me when I am not sure I will see them again - it is like graduating from Doha all over again... to be in the international environment is sooooo amazing, the people you meet, the lessons you learn, but in the end is quite hard because you come to be so close to people and then you have to leave them literally not knowing if you will see them again.
The quaint advice people give is that "we'll all be in heaven together"... but I gotta say I don't really like that "advice"... I figure the purpose or focus in heaven certainly won't be on reaquainting (is that spelled right? I think there is a c missing) ourselves with old buddies... it'll be tighter - WORSHIPPING the KING right? Least I think so.
That said, don't tell me not to feel sad or perhaps melancholy at the thought of leaving my friends. Sometimes it is OK to just FEEL things... even if the things are sad or hard for others to hear; it is OKKKKKK to think of missing my friends, it is OKKKKKK to think I am going to miss Colombia. I say this, because in these last months I was always made to think or feel guilty that I missed my Canada - friends, family, etc - in reality it is OK to miss things. Not to dwelllllllll on the missing, but it is OK to feel. Why am I ranting abotu this? I guess it's just been boiling up in me for quite some time. The only person here who has truly understood this frustration of mine is Tòmas... who now has a tradition with me of telling me "Erica, it's OK" everytime we see each other... tight!
Entonces, I had no idea this would turn into a huge rant... sorry about that. Guess it's just my style eh? Only one week until you all can hear the rants in person... woowoo. Please be praying that I can enjoy this time with friends, that all my travel plans can get finalized OK and of course, that my return goes smoothly... I have to come through Toronto - that's frightening... 5 flights and BOOYEAH I will be home! See you all then. |
| posted by Erica @ 8:47 a.m. |
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| Tuesday, August 02, 2005 |
| Following the Advice... |
Of a very wise woman... I have been resting in the Psalms these last couple days.
I realized in this last week or so that my view of reading the Bible had become skewed: instead of being the Word of God that speaks to the ole heartski... I had turned it into a goal - "meta" if you will... determined to read it in its entirety in a certain amount of time... If only I read 5 chapters a day, 2 Psalms and a Proverb I can be done by October. Oh Erica... how easily blinded by pride I am - I have shucked my plan out the window and have been attempting to let God speak in the way He would through the Psalms...
In church on Sunday, Psalm 148 was read and hit something within me... reading it again today I decided to share it with you all:
"Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.
Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he commanded and they were created.
He set them in place for ever and ever; he gave a decree that will never pass away.
Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
you mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
wild animals and all cattle, small creatures and flying birds,
kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,
young men and maidens, old men and children.
Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for his name alone is exalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
He has raised up for his people a horn,
the praise of all his saints, of Israel, the people close to his heart.
Praise the LORD." |
| posted by Erica @ 10:49 a.m. |
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